App Design

with thunkable

This webpage supports the learning of Grade 7 (IB MYP year 2) students in Design. The statement of inquiry is

We can benefit our community by applying principles of ergonomics and innovation into apps that explore language acquisition and cultural expression

1. Introduction to the unit + slide deck (4 minutes)

Here are the slides:

U3 G7 Thunkable Slide deck

2. Housekeeping (2 minutes)

3. Your first app: You're awesome (5 minutes)

4. Music box app (15 minutes)

5. Using different screens

Extension: Take it to the next level learning about two methods to reduce the number of screens in an app (16 min).

6. Choose your own app tutorial

Bearing in mind the SOI of the unit is "We can benefit our community by applying principles of ergonomics and innovation into apps that explore language acquisition and cultural expression", choose two or three tutorials from the list (or any other tutorial about thunkable that is interesting for you), follow them to do an app that is interesting for you.

  • Creating a Beautiful App - an app that displays 4 buttons and like counts for different tourist destinations - the tutorial covers just the visual part (13 min, Beginner).

  • Random Answer Generator - a magic 8 ball app that just pops up a random answer when you shake your phone (2 min, Beginner).

  • Translator - an app that translates what you type into a language of your choosing (3 min, Beginner).

  • Camera and Image Recognition - an app that allows you to take a picture and then uses AI to describe what the picture is (4 min, Beginner).

  • Scavenger Hunt App - an app that shows you a clue, waits for you to type the answer and if the answer is right, will show you another clue (4 min, Beginner).

  • Webviewer app - turns any website into a mobile app and allows to share to social media (5 min, Beginner).

  • Slideshow app - allows you to go back and forth between pictures and text (5 min, Beginner).

  • To do app - an app that manages your to do list (15 min, Intermediate).

  • Survey app - an app that uses spreadsheets and data storage to create a survey (13 min, Intermediate).

  • Find a lottery winner - an app that choses a random number from a given set (Intermediate, 21 min).

  • Thunkable X Maze Game App - an app in which you have to escape a Maze that you cannot see (72 min, Advanced).

  • SendTh.at app - an app that send links from the computer and vice versa (108 min, Advanced).


To know more

Thunkable official page - this is where you design and write your program.